Word: repays
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Nasser told us that we Americans may choke to death on "our fury." We don't have to repay him with the same−this job will be accomplished on Comrade Nasser by the Bulganin-Khrushchev gang (they are experts in choking...
...first, when his grandiose Marius Amid the Ruins of Carthage caught Napoleon's eye. "Give the medal to that!" the Emperor ordered; overnight the American became a cynosure at the French court. When Aaron Burr came penniless to France after his trial for treason, Vanderlyn was able to repay Burr's former generosity in full, supporting his patron as he himself had been supported...
...then General Motors executive vice president, telephoned one of his bright young men to ask if he would like to take over as general manager of the floundering Buick Division. Back came the answer from Harlow ("Red") Curtice: "When?" Recently Red Curtice, now G.M. president, got a chance to repay the offer. Phoning Bill Knudsen's son, Semon ("Bunky") Knudsen, he asked: "Like to take over as general manager of Pontiac?" Came the reply: "When...
...undertaken in Canada. The company will begin building the world's longest gas pipeline, costing more than $350 million, to bring Alberta gas some 2,000 miles to industrial Eastern Canada. Trans-Canada must complete the first 574-mile leg to Winnipeg before next Dec. 31 and must repay the loan, with 5% interest, by next April. If it fails, the company will lose all its assets in government loan foreclosure...
...that he and his fellow travelers had anted up more than $8,000 to set up "the Yoshio Osawa, 1925, Scholarship Fund." It will be used to send Japanese boys through Princeton. To generous Osawa the fund was a wonderful surprise. Said he hoarsely: "I was merely trying to repay the kindness shown me in America. Now my American classmates are repaying me for my kindness...